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[Akrnaf2]

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One dark & stormy moonlit night
Two dead boys got up to fight
Back-to-back they faced each other
Drew their swords & shot each other

A deaf policeman heard the noise
And I can' remember the rest

And he drank a six pack, Bud was his choice! (?)

 

[lindalouly]

I stood in one spot once and drank Johnny.
Are you trying to tell me something Linda?

 

It's my new anthem. I just love it. Thought you would appreciate it.

 

[Chaos18]

It's my new anthem. I just love it. Thought you would appreciate it.

Thanks for the thoughts. I did appreciate it. Goes along with another one I like Jekyll and Hyde.

I just wanna be Jekyll, but I'm always fighting Hyde.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Sorry for the late reply but 3 of my graduate student came to me and gave me some presents of Acknowledgements from all of my class, for the 2 years they study with me. It is very emotional for me.

So I can say that it was a good day.

I'm glad to hear that your students appreciate an excellent teacher.

Sorry for the late reply but 3 of my graduate student came to me and gave me some presents of Acknowledgements from all of my class, for the 2 years they study with me. It is very emotional for me.
So I can say that it was a good day. The vaction is till the 1 0f September.

Awesome!! That has got to feel good.

Yes it is, I got in my long career a lot of Acknowledgments from principals and school inspectors abaout the good job and all the blabla bla, it is never Never interested me or moved me, but when I got it from my Graduate student, that basically don't owe me nothing it is always emotional because I know that it is a TRUE appreciation!

 

[DuckGirl77]

I was just researching sticky chicks. If the chicks are gooey when they hatch, should I take them out of the bator immediately and clean them up with some warm water? Should I try to raise the humidity alot tomorrow (when they're supposed to hatch.)? This is what I was reading: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/657206/sticky-chicks, post 5.

 

[Jessimom]

I was just researching sticky chicks. If the chicks are gooey when they hatch, should I take them out of the bator immediately and clean them up with some warm water? Should I try to raise the humidity alot tomorrow (when they're supposed to hatch.)? This is what I was reading: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/657206/sticky-chicks, post 5.

I still have more questions than answers. I don't like to open my bator unless I HAVE to. But, I just had the first chick that hatched was gooey with yolk and I didn't want to open up the bator. It kept trying to stand, but couldn't. When I finally opened it to help it 6 hours later, it was stuck to the incubator, to the shelf liner and to another egg. I should have pulled that one earlier.

But, when I just have sticky chicks, I wait until several clean chicks have hatched - since they are warm and wet and they keep the humidity up better than I can, so I try to grab just the gooey chicks and wash them carefully without getting any water in the nostrils. I don't put wet chicks into the brooder, I usually drop them back in the hatcher.

Others, please chime in!!!

 

[DuckGirl77]

I still have more questions than answers. I don't like to open my bator unless I HAVE to. But, I just had the first chick that hatched was gooey with yolk and I didn't want to open up the bator. It kept trying to stand, but couldn't. When I finally opened it to help it 6 hours later, it was stuck to the incubator, to the shelf liner and to another egg. I should have pulled that one earlier.

But, when I just have sticky chicks, I wait until several clean chicks have hatched - since they are warm and wet and they keep the humidity up better than I can, so I try to grab just the gooey chicks and wash them carefully without getting any water in the nostrils. I don't put wet chicks into the brooder, I usually drop them back in the hatcher.

Others, please chime in!!!

Thanks. So, only if necessary. How long are you supposed to wait before taking a sticky chick out of the bator to clean?

 

[Jessimom]

I have some 4 week old babies that have been inside my house (in my bathroom). I took away their heat lamp, since temps were 110 during the day, and 65 to 70 at night. The room stayed cool, it didn't reach 100 plus. At night, we are dropping to 65 or so.

I want to move them outside. I have 2 month old chicks that are in 2 of the 4 runs out there. They have a heat plate, but it hasn't been plugged in since it's so warm.

Do the twelve 4 week olds that I want to move outside, be able to keep themselves warm enough at 65 degrees? Or will they need a heat plate? If so, can I steal the one from the 2 month olds?

 

[Jessimom]

Thanks. So, only if necessary. How long are you supposed to wait before taking a sticky chick out of the bator to clean?

If I have a lot of eggs hatching and I have LOTS of pips and zips, I leave them in until I'm ready to move some chicks to the brooder. I don't move anything to the brooder until most of the eggs have hatched. Up to 2 days. I wash them then and throw them back in the hatcher if you still have wet chicks and eggs hatching, or into the brooder with the dry chicks you moved.

But that is me - I know other people pull them out a lot sooner.

 

[lindalouly]

I have some 4 week old babies that have been inside my house (in my bathroom).  I took away their heat lamp, since temps were 110 during the day, and 65 to 70 at night.  The room stayed cool, it didn't reach 100 plus.  At night, we are dropping to 65 or so.  

I want to move them outside.  I have 2 month old chicks that are in 2 of the 4 runs out there.  They have a heat plate, but it hasn't been plugged in since it's so warm.  

Do the twelve 4 week olds that I want to move outside, be able to keep themselves warm enough at 65 degrees?  Or will they need a heat plate?  If so, can I steal the one from the 2 month olds?

I don't provide heat for my birds once they feather out. I think they should be fine.